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That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models... →
I have no particular interest in antiquities or antiques, but I like things to meet a certain aesthetic.
I just don't understand how you can not be concerned about your appearance. From time to time I'm vilified as the person who cares about the... →
I have a character failing. I am quite incapable of identifying with anything whole-heartedly. Whatever I am doing, I am always planning to do... →
In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience... →
While there is a great value in things that are old, it seems that the overwhelming challenge in Britain in the late 20th century is to make every... →
Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.
The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.
My wife and I both love cooking - I am an advanced male - so we argue about who gets to rustle up dinner.
If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.
It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.
You must never aspire to 'finish' a house, you can merely hope to start it, and from then on it's an evolutionary process.
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